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The Simwood blog.

Telecoms, AI in the call path, network engineering and the occasional strong opinion. Several times a week since 2009.

The rubicon has been crossed

Last week, Ofcom fined (another) pornographer a seven-figure sum because they might allow a teenager to see boobies on the interweb. Why is that news…

Planned Maintenance

As well as the “annual price increase” emails, my inbox is busy at the moment with competitors busily planning maintenance. We monitor this to enhanc…

USD RMD Recertification Deadline

This is just a quick courtesy to remind any of our customers who have been suballocated numbers in the US, to submit your RMD recertification with th…

Annual price increase

We’re getting to that time of year where my inbox is full of price notices due to contractual CPI or RPI+ based increases. It seems most of the indus…

Ofcom’s New Priority: Protecting Wayne Rooney’s Ego While Ambulances Get Lost

I don’t often credit my neighbours to the south with much. Regular readers will know I’m a dual national – Canadian and British, and currently reside…

Let’s talk about it!

OK, picture this: you’re lying in bed and you hear a window smash downstairs. Do you: For me, the answer is always A. Maybe it is the self-reliance o…

Women in Telecom

This post is going to offend some people. Largely, it’ll offend those that prioritise compliance with their politics and world view, over critical th…

SimCron8: Introducing Simwood AI Agent v2

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Doing what’s hard

I get a lot out of Alex Smith’s newsletters about strategy, and love the book “No Bullsh*t Strategy”. Today he put one out which resonated more than…

Don’t do a Virgin

Recently, Virgin was fined £23.8m by Ofcom for failing its duties to vulnerable consumers in migrating to digital landlines. This is a topic relative…

WhatsApp Business Integration & Conversational AI Agent demo at the CCA Solutions Showcase

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Simwood AI – new voices

Last week, we signalled our progressive pivot to AI. This doesn’t diminish our commitment to existing services, and we’ll continue to invest in them,…